Re: [Old Report] Dead Space 2 will crash on launch with more than 10 processors

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@h3llf1re2012 wrote:

Decided to spend some time on this issue this weekend and I have managed to create a workaround that doesn't require you to gimp your PC and reboot.

Link to file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OglTev8mpgwgikXHpiy3HifnS8F9aSsJ (would not let me attach it to this post.)

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Extract these files into the Dead Space 2 installation directory (the same folder as deadspace2.exe) and run the game.

Important: If you extract the files with the Windows zip tool, be sure to unblock them after extraction (right-click each file - Unblock).

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- This is a custom build of DXWrapper (https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper) that I created specifically for Dead Space 2. I am not affiliated with the original developers of this wrapper.

- I have virus scanned these files and they are clean, however you should always scan downloaded files yourself.

- It works by intercepting the exceptions raised by the process and allowing execution to continue. This is not an alternative for EA fixing the damn game - I still hope they will do this one day.

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Fantastic! I can confirm this works. Thanks very much for posting that!

Hey @fidaay I'm sorry to hear about that. I have the i9-7920X and the fix works in both hyperthreaded (24 threads) and non-hyperthreaded (12 threads) modes. Does the game launch for you if you disable hyperthreading and/or disable 8 of your cores in the BIOS?

In the Dead Space 2 folder you should have a log file called dxwrapper-deadspace2.log. Can you post it or DM it to me?

Cheers,

@h3llf1re2012Yes it does works if i startup my pc with 4 cores if i remember correctly. However i'm feeling dumb right now because i tried the patch with Dead Space 1. Anyways here is the log if usable http://www.mediafire.com/file/zi6d1bpe53sdnm0/dxwrapper-dead_space.log/file

Hi! Are there any fix like this for dead space 1? Because your fix greatly and easily worked for DS2. But sadly DS1 for me suffers from same multicore trouble.

Hi, yes it's 2022, and it's STILL broken

But thank you, @h3llf1re2012 your solution has worked for me on a 12700k, thanks for leaving the files available on your drive all this time to help any users that stumble upon this fix too!

Thank you so much for your time and effort on this, it's really appreciated. (EA should be giving you a medal, or a free game of your choice etc.)

How a multi-billion dollar company like EA can't fix something like this is beyond me, but glad we have people like you around to help us resolve these things.

Thanks again!

The money is earned, so no fix from EA.
I bet they haven't spend a second to solve the issue.
Sad, because its a great game.

The wrapper works here, but to bad it means no reshade as there is a d3d9.dll in the wrapper. (maybe that file could be renamed, but I guess not).

Thank you!!! Early Dec 2022 and it still works. 

Thank you @h3llf1re2012 mister, you saved all of us lot of time and stress 🙂

Much appreciated, all the best.

Thank you SO MUCH! This is what made Dead Space 2 finally work!

Thank you man, shame to EA for not fixing the problem in their own game and refusing to look into it. Really guys? Really?

@h3llf1re2012 Dude your a god among men thank you so much for this fix I have a 13700k (16 cores) and I thought I was doomed to never play this game again thanks to you I’m able to play this 4/24/23 😁

Hey everyone,

Super excited to see that these steps have worked and I have passed along the info on this one. 

If anyone runs into any further issues, let us know!

Enjoy!

Tried every fix on this thread. No luck.

I think it's just the ea app thats borked at this point. I get an error at startup ant thats it, not even a black screen.

My solution? Getting the game by other means if you know what i mean...

And guess what? I didn't even need a core fix to launch the game (16 core cpu).

I own the game but I need to resort to this to play. 

A shame EA. A shame.

Its work! i almost refund the game as i cant find any solution for launching the game and this actually help. Thank you so much.

A generic error saying that the game couldn't be launched.

I get a popup saying that. Tried literally everything, the fixes, reinstalling the game, clearing cache. Nothing worked.

Played the remake just fine.

@wsync Can you try this link and change the CPU Affinity to only one or two if you have multiples listed?

Thank you so much! Greetings from Brazil!